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Offended or no?

Does this picture offend you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • No

    Votes: 72 98.6%
  • Total voters
    73
joko104 said:
Isn't there a university staff and students that just overwhelmingly voted that picture is racism because anything showing the flag is racism?
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Wow. Maybe all that stuff is true...
 
I'm not the least bit bothered. If SCOTUS says it's constitutionally legal to burn the flag as a protest, then cradling a baby in one as a sign of respect/love of country is fine by me.
 
Superfly said:
Photo of baby in American flag shrouded in controversy


Is this photo considered offensive to you?

Clearly, it violates US Flag Code, but does it bother you that it does?


(if this has already been mentioned somewhere else on the board, you can merge the topics, but I couldn't find it)
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You know what our ancestors had to contend with? Being eaten by bears. Today we're offended by images. Point is, we need more bears.
 
not offended just like Im not offended when Olympic athletes drape the flag over their shoulders in celebration. Personally...I would prefer to see some red white and banners used rather than an actual flag because I DO think it stands as a symbol of all we CAN be. So...appropriate...mebbe not. Offensive...absolutely not.

To me, offensive is those little 3"x5" flags on a stick that get waved around at parades then left in the street.
 
Moot said:
Then perhaps "earn" was the wrong word....since the soldier already had the right before he joined the military. I understand that when people volunteer for the military they give up some of their rights ...but that doesn't mean the rest of us did and that's my point.
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Ok dear, your good.
 
1750Texan said:
Flag code is meaningless...it's like a mattress tag. I can not destroy your flag as it is your personal property...But I can buy a flag and do with it as I wish....It is my property.

the Flag represents the very freedom to do as I wish with it.
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No, it's not like a mattress tag. Btw, I don't give a **** what people do with the flag. But the notion that being a soldier in war means that you have earned a right to do something with it is just wrong.
 
Superfly said:
Photo of baby in American flag shrouded in controversy


Is this photo considered offensive to you?

Clearly, it violates US Flag Code, but does it bother you that it does?


(if this has already been mentioned somewhere else on the board, you can merge the topics, but I couldn't find it)
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Of course the photo is offensive, disrespectful, and inappropriate! The flag is being used as a utilitarian piece. I am sure folks like Putin and the Chinese won't put up with their flags being used like that!
 
I don't give a ****. It's a piece of cloth and it does the job. Enough said.
 
I think ALL flag laws are beyond stupid.

They are symbols, not living things

It's legal to beat your child (spanking) but illegal to do certain things with a piece of cloth that is a flag

Ridiculous.
 
Not offended in the least.

(I'm making the assumption that the flag is privately purchased/owned by the person in the picture, AND that the adult is in fact not impersonating a soldier or veteran)
 
Much ado about nothing.

I respect the flag. I don't worship it.

This was obviously a photo of pride and adoration, and there is nothing disparaging about it.

People who are going batty over this are bordering on idolatry...

Chill.
 
Actually, I'm offended that people have been calling the person in the picture a soldier. That shows a lack of respect in not knowing the uniform or an inability to read.
 
Flag etiquette is fine where appropriate, as in displaying the flag for its intended purposes. But being so strict to the point of stifling free expression is crazy.
What about those who wear flag Tshirts, tear into a flag cake on independence day, etc?
I see this as the soldier, and by extension the photographer, wrapping the two things most important to him into one, the flag he serves (symbolically of course) and his newborn child. Why can't we leave it at that?
 
CRUE CAB said:
Negative. His/her service his means nothing in the context of proper flag etiquette.
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Well, let's look. The sailor in question is strictly in violation of 4 U.S.C 8
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
However...Section 8 is "respect for the flag," and while a technical violation, the picture is not showing disrespect for the flag, but is using it in a symbolic manner.
 
CRUE CAB said:
So if he wants to wipe his ass with it, you are fine with that? Just because he served. How about others that didnt serve. You fine with flag burning as a form of free speech?
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I've taken enemy fire for your right to wipe your ass with anything you want, including the flag. Freedom is a bitch like that sometimes.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Anyone offended by this beautiful picture needs to get a life.
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Indeed. There's absolutely not a single thing wrong with this picture.

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What? Are you ****ing kidding me?

With all the supporting posts here, so who's pounding the hell out of the poll skewing it's results? Seems awfully lopsided.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
So what? He wrote a blank check to the US Government for up to and including his life.

are you suggesting his service doesn't count?

You a veteran?
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Are you? And if so, so what? Does that make you more of an American than I? Is that the argument you want?
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
I've taken enemy fire for your right to wipe your ass with anything you want, including the flag. Freedom is a bitch like that sometimes.
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WTF, you want a cookie? What you are speaking of, your service, is totally not the point of this thread.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Are you? And if so, so what? Does that make you more of an American than I? Is that the argument you want?
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yes, yes I am, and I didn't sit behind a desk, and no, it doesn't make you less of an American than me, but to denegrate those who signed that blank check if you didn't well, I find that far more offensive than anything you could do to a flag.
 
CRUE CAB said:
WTF, you want a cookie? What you are speaking of, your service, is totally not the point of this thread.
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Nah man, There's nothing I want. I simply wanted to point out what liberty and freedom is vs your panties in a wad over some navy dood cradling his baby in the flag.

Also pointing out that if you haven't served, you have nothing to say on how this guy serves/served.
 
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